Mounting for x-ray plates



A. W. MOCLEAN MOUNTING X-RAY PLATES Ju y 24, 1934.

2 5 9 l I l 5 .L O 0 d e l i F REMARKS HOLD TO STRONG UGHT LETTER m /7%, WW ffdW/W km? July 24, 1934- ,A. w. M CLEAN MOUNTING FOR X-RAY PLATES Filed 001:. 31 1932 REMARKS Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES i I 1,967,534 M'opN'rINGroa x-mr rm'ms Alexander W. McClean, Webster Groves, Mo alslgnor to George B. Winter, St. Louis, Mo.

Application October 31, 1932, Serial No. 840,422

4 Claims. (0L 40-158) This invention relates to mounting for X-ray plates; and has particular utility in mounting small X-ray films such as are used 'for diagnosis in stomatology and oral surgery.

An object of this invention is to provide a mounting for 'X-ray plates which will hold the plates securely in position by attaching members which will interfere with transmitted light through the plates as little as possible.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mounting of the character described which can be readily filed in a drawer or cabinet with protection for the plates against abrasion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mounting of thecharacter described with means whereby marks may be placed indicating morbid conditions without disfiguring the plate itself.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mounting of the character described whereby marks may be made indicating morbid conditions illustrated by the plate, with means for removing the plate from the mounting in such a manner that it can be replaced in the mounting to match with the markings.

Other and further objects will be apparent from the following detail description, taken in c'onnection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device in folded position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device in open position.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the device in folded position.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the device in open position.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the device partly folded.

Fig. 61s a detail rear view.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a folded position.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the modified form shown in Fig. '7 in open position. v f Fig. 9 is a cross-section on theline 9-9 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of a removed portion of the mounting.

modified form in The invention has particular utility in mounting small X-ray films made from exposures of a portion of the jaw, such as are used in diagnosis in stomatology, oral surgery or dentistry, and the embodiments illustrated are particularly adapted for such purpose.

The mounting shown in Figs. 1 to 6 is adapted to hold four x-ray films 1. It includes a frame member 2 preferably of heavy paper or light cardboard having openings 3 substantially the size of the film to be mounted, The frame member 2 has a series of lines 4 upon which the remarks of the diagnostician may be written. Ships 5 are secured to the back of the frame 2 and across the corners of the openings 3, as best shown in Fig. 6. Tacky material is placed on the inner surface of the strips 5 for engagement with the film, and ,thus the film may be securely heldin position in the openings 3. The strips 5, as well as the tacky material placed upon their inner surfaces, are preferably transparent. A

cover sheet 6 is hinged to the frame 2 at its top edge by an adhesive strip '7. The cover sheet has openings 8 which match with the openings 3 when the cover sheet 6 is folded over the frame member 2, as shown in Fig. l. A strip 9 of thin translucent paper or similar material is secured to one side of the cover sheet 8, as shown in Fig. 2. The strip 9 should be of such nature that it may readily be marked upon with pen or pencil. It is to be understood that the word translucent" as used herein also includes "trans- 2, as shown in Fig. 3, and thus protect the back of the film against abrasion. This flap 10 may be used conveniently for memoranda or report.

In making a diagnosis, the folder will be opened, as shown in Fig. 2, and the films placed in the path of strong light. In this position, the photographs may be easily read. when the diagnostician has observed a spot indicating a morbid condition, the cover sheet 6 may be folded over and the transmitted light will be such that the spot may be indicated by a point and line, as shown at 11. The remarks concerning such a location, such as cavity or abscess, may be noted on the lines 4. It will thus be seen that the points of morbid condition may be clearly indicated on the mounting without marking upon or otherwise disfiguring the film itself; and, further, that the films are securely held in position and protected against abrasion when the mounting is filed or otherwise handled.

A modification is shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10,

which also illustrate a further improvement. In

described. .A cover sheet 14 is hinged at the top edge of the frame member 12 by an adhesive strip 15. The cover sheet 14 has an opening 16 which matches with the opening 13 when the cover sheet 14 is folded over the frame member 12 in the position shown in Fig. 7. A translucent sheet 1''! of the same nature as the sheet 9, previously described, is secured over the opening 16 on one side of the sheet 14. The outer side of the sheet 14 may have lines 18 upon which notations may be written.

The use of the embodiment shown in Figs. '7, 8 and 9 is identical to that described with relation to the preceding figures, the marks and lines 11 being made on the outer face of the sheet 1'? and the sheet 14, as best shown in Fig. '1.

Lines 19 of perforations are formed as a border about the opening 13 in suchta manner as to form asub-frame 20, which inay be readily separated from the device as a whole at the perforations 19.

The sub-frame 20 may be placed and held in position when replaced by adhesive strips; not shown but similar to the str 5 5.

The frame member 12 has on it designations, as shown at 22, similar to designations, as shown at 23, on the sub-frame'20. Thus the diagnostician may detach the film from its mounting and send it, for instance, to another dentist or physician, while retaining his own remarks in his own file, and the film may be properly matched with its mounting upon its return and again secured in proper position.

Parts of the invention may be used without the whole, and various changes may be made in the details of construction within the scope of the appended claims and without departing from the spirit of this invention. I

I claim l. A device of the class described including a 2. A device of the class described including a 1 frame of relatively stiff paper with an opening therein substantially the size of a plate to be mounted, means for holding the plate in position in the opening, a cover sheet hinged to the frame and adapted to overlie the frame, and a translucent window on the cover sheet adapted to match the opening in the'frame, said window and cover being adapted to receive written notations thereon and said frame having lines of perfora-' tions completely bordering said opening.

3. A device of the class described including a frame of relatively stiff paper with an opening therein substantially the size of a plate to be mounted, means for holding the plate in position in the opening, a cover sheet hinged to the frame and adapted to overlie the frame, a translucent window on the cover sheet adapted to match the opening in the frame, said frame having' lines of perforations completely bordering said opening, designations on the frame within the border, and corresponding designations on the frame outside the border.

4.. A device of the class described including a frame of relatively stiff paper with an opening therein substantially the size of a plate to be mounted, means for holding the plate in posi- .tion in the opening, a cover sheet hinged to the frame and adapted to overlie the frame, and a translucent window on the cover sheet adapted to match the opening in the frame, said windowand cover sheet being adapted to receive written notations thereon.

' ALEXANDER W. McCLEAN. 

